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Gavin Sheets has a career OPS of .698, .330 vs left-handed pitching. Oh, that sucks. Ok fair enough, he's a platoon bat, there's a role for a guy like that on major league teams. .733 OPS vs right, declining from .900 as a rookie to .643 currently. Ok, well maybe he plays good defense at a premium position ... this guy should be laying bricks in trempealeau county wisconsin, not playing professional baseball

what I worry watching Quero is that he turns into another DH/1B with no power. We already have enough of those.

why?

this is a wild game...just like that, 11-6

Steele tonight: 3.0 IP, 6 ER last outing: 6.0 IP, 6 ER the entire team is collapsing. but if they do manage to manage to make the playoffs, their offense can beat anybody

I actually think he would be a good fit on the team because he would cost nothing to acquire (maybe KC has to give up something else to offload the contract) and he gives Grifol (some) legitimacy. The question is why would you spend $20some million on Salvy when you could spend it on someone else? but is there anyone else worth spending on before 2026? IDK someone needs to play with Lee next year and it would be unwise to expect it to be Quero. Perez actually offers something the team desperately needs: vocal leadership and might have something else to offer to our two prospect catchers.

what a game from Clev, 'spoiled' by a scrub. I had to look up 'Dominic Smith', turns out he might be the worst starting first baseman in baseball.

This only impacts Grifol because it potentially impacts his job. Nobody cares about ‘records’ or ‘history’ except fans. Not even Jerry, he’ll be dead soon enough. Everyone else just wants to keep their job for another year.

Like what we've seen from Garcia for the most part. actual strikeout stuff. that "sweeper" looks so pretty

I totally agree but in principle a stadium could be a driver for economic development, there was an opportunity to 'reimagine' that area when they were building the present day park but totally blew the opportunity. The same firm designed GRF and Camden Yards at essentially the same time and begged the Sox to go in a different direction, alas. I'm not saying to build Wrigleyville at 35th and Shields but there's truly nothing to do after a game except get on the red line or in your car and go somewhere else. I think the difference between now and then is that large-scale developer money is flowing south and the city incentivizes these sorts of megaprojects. Not saying the city won't get ripped off on a new park, just that there's a scenario where Reinsdorf or whoever owns the team makes a bunch of money and the public gets something out of it. I don't mind if the city kicks in money if there's an actual public benefit to be derived and democratic oversight, tend to think that's better than giving a developer carte blanche to do whatever they want as long as they fund it themselves.

I don't know how he could be rushed when he's 24-years-old and has played baseball professionally for seven years already. He has an OPS in AAA of .894 over 245 plate appearances, what else is he gonna learn in AAA? he's ready for the majors, he just underwhelmed big time. What's he gonna do in the minors to prepare him for major league play? My theory was that he's sent down to work on some specific thing, but the season is over and he can do better work in the major leagues. Just an odd move.

In principle I agree, but in reality who's impacted beyond ballpark employees and parking lot operators? I don't think there are too many businesses nearby that bank on Sox fans coming before or after a game. Could be wrong though.

I wrote a long post and it got deleted when the train I was on went under a tunnel. I’ll rewrite it eventually but the gist is I don’t trust dWAR and I hope Jake develops into a star.

They seem like separate things (the ‘expectations’ vs organizational mismanagement) but the former is harder to quantify how it’s impacted Kopech’s career and other players in a similar boat. It might have an effect, thinking you’re destined for greatness, what if that means that as an individual Kopech thinks he can take it easy relative to his peers or is otherwise burdened by the expectations? it’s a real thing because draft busts can turn it around once they mentally mature. I don’t know what goes on in Kopech’s head, but media reports suggest he needs to grow up. Maybe this is a wake up call that it’s time to take his career seriously. I still think he has the tools to be a very good starting pitcher, is the fact that his secondary arsenal is predictable and can’t be thrown for strikes a problem because of him or the Sox or both?

Pretty boring article. No mention of Schultz? The rankings seem arbitrary and like the writer doesn’t know anything about these teams’ minor league systems beyond checking the prospect pipeline and combining it with present media discourse on each team

I think it’s risky to expect Burger to continue producing like this and to be this healthy. Time will tell I guess, and early returns suggest I’m wrong. I hope he does turn into a great player. I think his skillset is more replaceable than Eder’s though. Now Eder just has to not have a 15 ERA or whatever it is currently.

Muncy walks at nearly a three times higher rate and it stands to reason that Jake's batting average will look closer to Muncy's than it will to his current MIA batting average. I'm not watching every Marlins game but .373 babip with Miami vs .225 with Chicago leads me to believe he's getting a little lucky. The fact that he plays every day over Segura doesn't really say anything because Segura is a terrible player who I was completely wrong in thinking the Sox should've signed. Burger's a better player than Moncada too, but will cost actual money by the time it matters again, and in my opinion isn't good enough or versatile enough to worry about keeping around. is he truly that much better than Eloy (who might also be a better trade piece next season than this one)? why not just sign max muncy? Truly, I don't know how to project Eder but I'm just saying I don't fault the decision to sell high on Burger for starting pitching.

They’ve kept winning. Definitely did not anticipate cubs and brewers winning as often and as convincingly as they have.

My opinion is that it’s Ramos or a free agent or realistically it’s Montgomery and we need a SS. Burger’s defense is too bad to play the field anywhere except 1B. His power is gone in Miami, his BABIP will regress to the mean — or at least turn into something halfway sustainable. It was a mistake paying eloy to be a perma dh, best not to make the mistake again.

Imagine building around a rookie manager. Salvy will be on this team nest year bank on it

Pick whichever Texas team isn’t the yuppie team. Ie the cubs and giants vs their ‘other side of town’ cousins. I’m assuming it’s Houston. Or stick with the Sox, that’s what I’m going to do.

Last game I watched, they clocked Eder’s fastball at 91 early in the game. I don’t know what recovery from TJ is like or what to expect when, but one thinks he’ll look a lot better when and if his velocity recovers. I still don’t hate the trade. Burger can produce like this for a few years “under team control” but the Sox aren’t going to win and don’t need a permanent dh. Take the risk on a left handed starter

I think the only reason not to cut Yaz is that it might be a good signal to agents/players that they’ll let him play out his contract. Seby is “controllable” but he also sucks. Hackenberg is major league ready and couldn’t possibly be any worse.

I think employee morale is as bad as team morale. Some old guy snapped at me because I didn’t assume that his job with the team was solely to open up people’s beer cans. I said I’d do it myself and he got incredibly offended.

Maybe, but what's the point of saying "I'm not gonna watch next year" when everyone knows that's a lie. As far as I can tell, the only reason to hate Getz is that Jerry Reinsdorf likes him and that he doesn't come from a different organization. Maybe he'll actually be good at the job, at least in terms of hiring and signing the right people, I have no way of knowing. I do already like his credentials better than Hahn in that he actually played professional baseball. Like others have said, the process by which he was selected was a total sham and it wouldn't surprise me if it violated a number of league rules. Nonetheless, I think it goes without saying that literally anyone else would've been better than keeping Williams and Hahn around another year. A disappointing hire for this role doesn't change my optimism that the team could maybe trend in a better direction under new leadership. Like I said, it literally could not get any worse.